Forged in Red Embers: Order of the Dawn Guardians by S. R. Risher

Alynor Vragaris has spent his entire life overlooked by those around him, a nobody in a society that values magical power above all else. Desperate to prove his worth, he eagerly anticipates the Rite of Enlistment—a magical test where individuals touch the Dawn Star. But unlike his comrades, when Alynor touches the Dawn Star, it does not glow.

Crushed by his failure but determined to change his fate, Alynor decides to protect the realm even without magic. But his plan backfires, and a voice no one else can hear beckons him beneath the world he knows into another he cannot help but feel drawn to. Desperate to prove he can still become the Sunslayer, Alynor must break the rules that have defined his society for centuries, all while a growing rebellion of forbidden magic wielders wreak havoc across the realm.

As Alynor’s journey leads him further into the heart of rebellion, he discov

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery